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Why the B-1B still matters when stealth is not enough

Stealth gets the headlines, but payload wins a surprising amount of the real engineering argument. The B-1B Lancer remains ...
Key Points and Summary - The B-1B Lancer was supposed to “go gentle into that good night,” but the Bone keeps refusing to retire. -The U.S. Air Force has a tough call to make: just how many updates ...
The B-1 Lancer program was curtailed in the 1970s as an unnecessary waste of taxpayer dollars. That changed when Ronald Reagan entered office. The B-1B Lancer was conceived as a key leg of America’s ...